English

by-past

Past; gone by.

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    Equivalent to by- + past.

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    • prefixEnglishby- “Town or city.”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishby “town”
        • inheritedOld Englishbī “being near”
        • derivedOld Norsebýr “town, settlement”
      • derivedMiddle Englishbi-
        • inheritedOld Englishbe- “be-”
        • derivedOld Englishbī- “by, near, around”
    • surface analysisEnglishpast “The period of time that has already happened, in contrast to the present and the future.”

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